It seems that optimism is quietly bubbling away in the Liverpool end of the Football Transfer Tavern after a pretty hectic start to the season!

Jurgen Klopp's side had a rip-roaring start to the current campaign and it's safe to say, when they went 4-1 up at the Emirates against Arsenal, Reds fans were getting seriously excited. And whilst we know that game finished 4-3, it's not gone all their way since.

They followed up the Arsenal win with a disappointing defeat to newly promoted Burnley before taking a share of the spoils with Spurs.

So it's been a win, a draw and a loss so far and those four points leave the Reds lying eleventh in the Premier League table. Not the best start - but it could be a lot worse!

But out of the current crop, are there certain individuals that are being slightly overrated when it comes to the back page verdict in the morning? Or perhaps are there any players that might be behind the mixed bag of results thus far?

Transfer Tavern writer Hayden Atkins takes us through THREE Liverpool stars who may have flattered to deceive this season...

Alberto Moreno

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After a gaffe-fulled performance at the Emirates, he's yet to appear in the first-team eleven again this season and it's safe to say he won't be for some time.

Some Reds fans feel he's been overrated for some time now and his weaknesses were ruthlessly exposed in the game against Arsenal, in a fixture they really shouldn't have conceded three in.

He was defensively weak and his positioning was questionable throughout.

Our landlord thinks that he will struggle to get back into the first team this season.

Georginio Wijnaldum

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Georginio Wijnaldum was brilliant against Arsenal but against Burnley and Spurs - he's been a thoroughly passive presence at the heart of the midfield.

If the Reds are to achieve any sort of success this season they need to seriously step it up in the middle of the park.

Wijnaldum has taken the easy pass far too often already this season and whilst there is undoubted potential, for £25 million - our landlord thinks that he needs to show more.

Daniel Sturridge

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Mr. Injury himself needs a clean break this season and if the Reds are to do well this campaign, they'll need Daniel Sturridge to step up a little bit more than he has done.

He as played out wide against Burnley and seriously struggled.

Similar to what we've seen with Theo Walcott and Anthony Martial, it's always tough for a winger to step it up and take their form onto the wing - it's a different game entirely.

Sturridge got three minutes in the Spurs draw and we need to see more from the former Chelsea man if he wants to stay in this Liverpool team as the season progresses.

A bit overrated right now, but our landlord is holding out judgement just yet.